CPD In The News

The report released by the Center for Popular Democracy, "Safe Roads Across the Tri-State Area: The Case for Expanding Access to Driver’s Licenses in New York and New Jersey," argues allowing such licenses would not only ensure safer roads for everyone, it would also boost state revenues, help pr

Nick Licata served on the Seattle City Council for 18 years until his retirement in December 2015, named progressive municipal official of the year by The Nation and is founding board chair of Local Progress, a national network of 800 progressive municipal officials.

An estimated two dozen people attended the rally, mainly from allied activist organizations.

“We were at the forefront of holding Secretary Nielsen accountable for the role she played in crafting and executing the family separation crisis,” said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, in a statement to The Intercept.

[The Private Attorneys General Act] has been enormously successful in empowering workers to vindicate their rights,” Rachel Deutsch, the Center for Popular Democracy’s supervision attorney, wrote in testimony submitted to the Labor Committee.

“[There are] some housing advocates who say that they have been trying to get your attention for years.

“My daughter, a former union organizer is currently the director of special projects for the Center for Popular Democracy. She works long hours, six days a week. She lives in Chicago. She often has her dinner delivered to her and her 2-year-old daughter, rather than picking the dinner up.

Americans deserve to know if their elected officials are working for the voters who put them in office, or for their donors.

Plenty of institutions within the liberal firmament have called on regulators to reject the merger: The National Black Farmers Association, Color of Change, the Center for Popular Democracy and the Revolving Door Project at the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).

"If we are serious about addressing the opioid crisis, we must pass the CARE Act," Jennifer Flynn Walker of the Center for Popular Democracy said in a statement. "Rep. Cummings and Sen. Warren have worked hand in hand with people directly affected by the crisis to design this legislation.